Winter cold wave grips Pacific coast and South with floods
A heavy cold wave spreads from the Pacific coast into the South bringing subzero risks in the Corn Belt and flood dangers in Georgia, Mississippi, and the Carolinas. Rivers overflow promises, hundreds displaced, and ten deaths reported as freezing rain and snow worsen conditions. rescue efforts reach a family on a boat in Ohio, while rail and road traffic remains disrupted and shortages persist.
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Pacific
Georgia
Missisessee
Carolinas
Davey trims $3 million from Ohio budget
Gov. Martin L. Davey vetoes portions of a $91 million revised budget for 1986 saving about $10 million in state funds. The move follows earlier vetoes and a special session bill that exceeded the post veto balance. Details of the cuts were not immediately released.
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Ohio
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Ray Allison
Edwin Watts Chubb to retire as Ohio University dean
Edwin Watts Chubb, longtime dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University, will retire in the coming summer after 36 years of service. He came to OU in 1900, became dean in 1907, served under four presidents, and has advised thousands of students through more than 9,000 enrollments. He plans to lecture and write from his home at 115 South Court Street after stepping down.
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Edwin Watts Chubb
Ohio University Library
College of Arts and Sciences
Cutler Hall
Chubb
S. Court St
Ohio University
Arts
Retiring Scholar Plans Lectures and Writing Career
Dr. Chubb will retire in June or September after serving at the university where he taught Shakespeare and The Modern Drama. He will continue lecturing and writing, spending winters in Corpus Christi and summers in Connecticut and Vermont with family. He notes good health and gratitude to the Board of Trustees.
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Chubb
Herman G. James
University
T. R. Biddle
Tenas
Corpus Christi
Tex
Connecticut
Vermont
Fuel Shortages Tighten Supplies Across Ohio Dealers Limit One Ton
Northern dealers restrict to one ton per delivery as coal famine spreads. Cleveland area yards report shortages while others in Tiffin Bucyrus Ashtabula Berea Bedford Elyria face limited shipments. Akron and Columbus see no state shortages. Two deaths attributed to freezing mark harsh winter. Coroner cites cold exposure in Warren and Cleveland incidents.
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Cleveland
Tiffin
Bucyrus
Ashtabula
Berea
Bedford
Louis Barton
T Warren
J.C
Lynch
Cleve
Pickets Raid Jail Amid Clash Over Inmate Release
Albany Indiana police clash with an armed crowd attempting to free inmates from a jail after a union dispute. Officers say several women hurled wax bombs as the mob battled guards during the incident.
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Albany
Ind
Union
AFL Renewing Drive To Sign Steel Workers
William Green AFL president plans a new campaign to enroll steel workers in federation unions. He will seek contributions from all AFL unions and establish headquarters at strategic centers with organizers. Separately the NLRB set a Feb 13 hearing in Portsmouth on Wheeling Steel’s alleged violations of the Wagner Act and discharge of William Pattron for union activity.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Labor Relations Board
Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
AFL
William Pattron
Government to Move Farmers in Muskingum valley plan
Rural Resettlement Administration sets aside 1 346 3877 dollars to relocate about 200 farmers and families in Northeastern Ohio as part of the Muskingum valley flood control and water conservation program. RRA regional director R C Smith will supervise a detailed study from Champaign Illinois. Nine thousand acres are tentatively targeted near Tuscarawas County.
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Washington
Tuscarawas County
Ohio
Rural
R. C. Smith
RRA
Champaign
Ill
Slot Machines Tempt WPA Workers Debate
S D Browning district WPA director conferred with WPA officials here on eliminating slot machines throughout the district due to their popularity among WPA workers. Prosecutor Rex Bracy of Huron County ordered removal of slot machines from Norwalk relief department sites and said it is not a moral crusade.
Committee Split May Block Neutrality Laws
A three way Senate Foreign Relations Committee split threatens the permanent neutrality bill. Twenty three members counted, with eight backing the administration, three favoring the Nye mandatory measure, and two undecided.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lewis Refuses $12000 Yearly Pay Increase
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, rejected a proposed $13,000 annual raise, noting his own $12,000 salary. The convention adjourned after voting on a 20 hour week in the next soft coal contract, leaving wage talks to officers who already earn $9,000 each.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Convention
Io Murray
Tomas Kennedy
Popular tunes replace hymns at Dunn High morning chapel
Dunn North Carolina students at Dunn High School grew tired of singing old hymns in morning chapel. They petitioned authorities and gained permission to substitute popular tunes featured in movies and by dance orchestras.
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Dunn, N. C
Dunn High School
Auto Plunges Through River Ice Driver Is Saved
Raymond Ansley age 27 drove off a dead end street Friday night into the Cuyahoga River on ice. The car skidded 25 feet from shore and sank. Ansley leaped free as the vehicle broke through the ice and was rescued by two men with a pole.
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Cleveland
Raymond Ansley
Cuyahoga River
Ansley
Ohio Dailies Oppose Political Propaganda Carry
The Ohio Select List of Dailies adopts a resolution opposing carrying political news not in form through press service. A. Neutgenholder of The Massillon Evening Independent introduces the measure at a joint meeting with Associated Ohio Dailies. The group elects officers led by R. C. Snyder and Spencer Myers with Alfred Dix and Frank Spencer as treasurers. Col. Robert McCormick will speak on press liberty at a Ohio Newspaper Association event.
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Columbus
Ohio Select
A. Neutgenholder
Massillon Evening Independent
Associated Ohio Dailies
R. C. Snyder
The
Sandusky Register
Spencer Myers
Middletown Journal
Alfred Dix
Ravenna Record
Frank Spencer
Newark Advocate
Col
Robert McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Ohio Newspaper Association
Elisha Hanson
Pulishers’ Associat
Mee
Washington Rituati
Address by President James omits ministers in summary
The Messenger notes a discrepancy in coverage of President Herman G. James of Ohio University. The radio address text lacks the word ministers, which appeared in The Messenger headline and introduction.
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Herman G. James
Ohio University
Messenger
The
Dr. James
James
Ohio's Return To Republican Standard Seen
Senator Lester J. Dickinson predicted a Republican victory in Ohio next November as party leaders push to restore the GOP standard. Addressing a Lincoln Memorial dinner, he urged Ohio to adopt the Lincoln Standard and criticized President Roosevelt and New Deal policies as vindictive and dangerous.
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Ohio
Republican Standard
Dickinson
Columbus
Lester J. Dickinson
New Dealer
Buckeye Republican Club
Strike-Torn City Reopens
Pekin Illinois reports industry returning to normal after strike leaders call off a workers holiday and withdraw threats of window smashing. Most factories reopen except the American Distilling plant where a small picket line remains in zero weather as union leaders meet with federal and state labor officials in Peoria over seniority in hiring.
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Pekin, Ill
American Distilling Company
Peoria
Match Workers Plan To Discuss Strike
BARBERTON Minnesota Union match workers were ordered by acting president Carl France of the Match Workers National Council to meet and consider plans for a general walkout. France cited unresolved labor controversies in two Minnesota factories as the reason for the order.
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Barberton
Match Workers
Carl France
Match Workers National Council
France
Minnesota
Woman Confined Daughter Probated in Lunacy Hearing
McKendree West Virginia troopers accused a 62 year old mountain mother of imprisoning her daughter in a dark room for 22 years. She was ordered before a lunacy commission today for assessment with possible commitment.
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Mckendree
W. Va
Four Convicts Escape Frankfort State Reformatory
Four armed convicts overpowered two guards at the main entrance and looted the prison arsenal, gaining their freedom from Frankfort State Reformatory early today.
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Frankfort
Frankfort State Reformatory
Stork Wins Race With Life-Saving Squad
In Wington Kentucky a stork raced the Ludlow fire department life saving squad to Covington hospital where Mamie Wright aged 35 gave birth to a boy as an ambulance sped through the city amid sirens.
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Wington
Ludlow
Mamie Wright
Covington
Death of Dr George W Henderson Burns Cause
Dr George W Henderson a 5 year old religious writer and retired Wilberforce University language professor died Thursday night from burns after he fell against a stove. The tragedy occurred in Xenia on January gh.
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Xenia
George W. Henderson
Wilberforce University
Jan Gh
Changes Afoot in Farm Plan Amid Tax Fears
Washington reports major steps to modify the new AAA substitute to avoid public anger over scarcity economics. Senator Wagner with Democrats pushes changes as leaders forecast no new taxes this year. The tax bill next week may cover 400 to 500 million dollars for the farm program, with House committee opposed to new taxes to fund the soldiers' bonus of over 2 billion.
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Washington
Wagner
D. N.Y
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Peace Move Rumors Surface in Italo Ethiopian Talks
The Associated Press reports faint signs of a new peace move as Italian and Ethiopian dispute talks recirculate in the Italian press. There was little fighting beyond an Italian air raid on Magalo, and Rome offered no new front news.
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Italy
Magalo
Rescuers Seek Release for Trapped Hunting Dog
In Landisburg Pennsylvania rescue workers renewed efforts to free Roy Buck Dewalt's pet hunting dog trapped in a rock crevice in the Tuscarora Mountains for over two weeks. Dewalt has fed the dog every other day by feeding through a pole.
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Landisburg
Roy
Buck) Dewalt
Tuscarora
Dewalt
1,075 Convicted for Sales Tax Violations
Columbus report shows the first year of the state sales tax brought 1,075 convictions for violations. Division Chief R. P. Bartholow said charges were filed against 1,256 violators.
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Columbus
R. P. Barthalow
Elders Robbed of Coal as Cold Bitten Family Hurt
Mr and Mrs Roswell Stephene both 87 years old suffer theft after a cold night as a thief breaks into their home and steals all their coal while the mercury runs well below zero.
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West Fpranch
Roswell Stephene
Cobb Finds South Is Not So Sunny During Current Cold Spell
In Houston Texas the columnist Cobb notes a prolonged stretch of cloudy cold weather dulling the Sunny South nickname. He jokes about sun absence and shifts to human nature desires, ending with a wry remark on July wishes. Ips.
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Cobb
South
Houston
Texas
Dixie
Irvings
Vote Buying Charge Closed in Ohio Case
Prosecutor Donald Hoskins said he would close any inquiry into a Cinemat pastor’s claim that a State Senator was bought to back state aid for parochial schools. The Rev Harold Geistweit alleged the price, but Hoskins has not received new information and seeks the minister’s formal presentation.
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Columbus
Donald Hoskins
Harold N. Geistweit
Ohio
Geistweit
Interstate Tobacco Control Plan Proposed by Congress
Representative Rigi Chapman introduces a bill to form a compact among Kentucky Tennessee Indiana Ohio West Virginia Virginia North Carolina and Missouri to limit barley tobacco acreage if the new soil conservation measure fails or is unconstitutional and not enacted.
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Washington
Rigi Chapman
D-Ky
New Administration
AAA
Chapman
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Extra Work in Crisis Agreed To by UMWA
United Mine Workers vote to allow all soft coal mines to work Saturday to meet shortages. President Joan L. Lewis urges operators to ensure coal reaches those who need it. The current contract sets a 35 hour week and most mines do not run weekends. The convention previewed a move toward a 30 hour week in the next soft coal agreement after March 31, 1037.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Joan L. Lewis
Minera
Officeras
Bomb damages Cleveland freight terminal in blast
A bomb wrecked an unloading platform at the Northern Ohio food terminal in Cleveland opening the day’s damage. It ripped a corrugated steel door from its casement and shattered more than 200 windows. Thousands of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables were exposed to the cold. a nearby Nickel Plate Railroad freight office clerk was hit by glass but unharmed.
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Cleveland
Northern Ohio Food Terminal
Nickel Plate Railroad
Capital Workers Delayed by Severe Winter Storm
Hundreds of government workers reported to duty late or did not report at all as a major winter storm hit Washington. Outlying districts and nearby Maryland Virginia suburbs faced heavy snow making travel to Capitol Hill and government offices difficult. The weather bureau said snow would continue all day.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Capitol Hill
Weather Bureau
Belgium World War aid to escapeer dies in Brussels
Mme. Adam Bodart, 54, once sentenced to death for helping British prisoners escape German Belgium during World War II, has died in Brussels.
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Brussels
Mme
Adam Bodart
Belgium
Screen's Best to Be Chosen After Semi Finals
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began selecting the 1935 best actor and actress nominees from a list of ten performers and twelve productions. Six women and four men remain, with past winners Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert among the nominees. Final ballot decisions arrive after the semi final round, with March awards set for main categories.
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Hollywood
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Clark Gable
Charles Laughton
Claudette Colbert
Katherine Hepburn
Franchot Tone
Victor McLagren
Elizabeth Berg
Bette Davis
Merle Oberon Iiam Hopkins
Academy
Gable
Laughton
Tone
Expansion of Poor Aid Seen
Logan staff special reports a resolution by the State Commissioners Association at Columbus to ease relief for those near aid status. B A Holt presented the resolution as Fairfield Athens and Hocking counties discussed relief needs. Dr Carl Watson will be petitioned to adjust the WPA program to permit near relief applicants to obtain employment.
Young Virginian Dies In Chair for Slaving
John Daugherty, a youthful killer and bank robber, was electrocuted at the Virginia Penitentiary at 7:30 this morning for the slaying of State Trooper W. R. Thompson during a September bank holdup at Fork Union.
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Richmond
John Daugherty
Virginia Penitentiary
Daugherty
W. R. Thompson
Fork Union
Army Planes to Fly 24 Bombers to Panama Canal Zone
The Army plans the largest overseas flight to date on Feb. 21 with 24 bombing and pursuit planes leaving Texas for the Panama Canal Zone. Lieut. Col. Junius H. Houghton will command the 1900 mile route from Brownsville across Mexico Guatemala and Nicaragua to the Canal Zone to bolster existing forces there.
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New York
Texas
Panama Canal
Junius H. Houghton
Brownaville
Canal Zone
Mexico
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Injured Man Admits Murder in Delirium
Detectives hear at the bedside of a 45 year old man injured in a rooming house fire that he and another man murdered Mrs. Filorence Polilla, whose dismembered body was found two weeks earlier.
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Cleveland
Filorence Polilla
Judge and State Pay for Dispute in Land Case
Circuit Judge J Henry Johnson of Allendale presided three days as two litigants argued over the disposition of a land tract valued at 10 dollars. He urged one party to deed the land to the other and end the dispute noting the trial had cost the state about 500 dollars.
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Spartanburg
8. C
J. Henry Johnson
Allendale
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Ohio Council of Churches
Wilbur H. Fowler
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